Job Title: Residential Support Worker
Location: Stoneside, Glasgow
Salary: £26,099
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent after 2-3 months of work
Rewarding Careers Begin with Meaningful Purpose
Few professional journeys offer the profound satisfaction of turning vulnerability into resilience.
Our client, a leading national charitable champion dedicated to transforming outcomes for young people, is expanding its specialist residential provision in the southside of Glasgow.
This post is structured around an accelerated professional pathway that proactively rewards your skill acquisition. Rather than remaining in a static role, you will be empowered to expand your clinical, safeguarding, and leadership capabilities, with formal salary uplifts accompanying every step of your professional development.
What You Receive: Leading Rewards & Development
- Structured Pay Progression: Built-in salary increments directly tied to competence milestones, guaranteeing your earnings grow alongside your expertise.
- Work-Life Protection: Generous holiday allowances, comprehensive occupational health access, and round-the-clock employee assistance programmes.
- Comprehensive Pension Scheme: Strong employer contributions to secure your long-term future.
- Advanced Sector Training: Practical development in trauma-informed care, de-escalation methods, specialised medication protocols, and frontline team coordination.
The Mission: Empowering Potential
Operating across a 24/7 service rota, you will build an emotionally safe, domestic setting where young people are supported to discover their autonomy and flourish.
Key Accountabilities
- Establishing unconditional, professional relationships that provide emotional security, practical stability, and consistent advocacy.
- Championing everyday independent living skills, including collaborative meal preparation, domestic routines, and community inclusion.
- Administering prescribed medication and implementing individualised care strategies in accordance with national care standards and organisational governance.
- Facilitating multi-agency collaboration, representing the voice of the young person across health, educational, and social care settings.
- Maintaining accurate, compliant records and observational documentation using modern IT platforms.
- Stepping into enhanced pathway responsibilities over time, encompassing lead care coordination, complex risk assessments, and shift management in the absence of the registered manager.
The Requirements
- Proven emotional resilience, empathy, and an instinct for establishing healthy boundaries with children navigating complex circumstances.
- Clear, professional communication skills with sound administrative capabilities.
- The adaptability to commit to a 24/7 rotational shift pattern covering days, evenings, weekends, and sleep-in responsibilities.
- SSSC registration or the immediate eligibility to register.
- Qualifications: Prior completion of an HNC in Social Care or an SVQ3 in Social Services (Children and Young People) is advantageous; however, candidates showing strong relational aptitude will be provided with full, paid qualification sponsorship within required registration periods.
Transferable Experience & Alternative Backgrounds
- Support Practitioner / Social Care Worker
- Youth Worker / Community Outreach Officer
- Additional Support Needs (ASN) Assistant / Pupil Support Worker
- Family Support Worker
- Residential Childcare Practitioner
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
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